<P><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>World upheaval leaves ballet fest staggering<P>Guillermo Perez, South Florida Sun-Sentinel<P>A month ago, the sixth International Ballet Festival of Miami meant to come out roaring, with a full-length work and the appearance of legendary ballerina Carla Fracci. But complications after the terrorist attacks reduced it mostly to murmurs -- many hoarse and a few honeyed. That the event went on at all this past weekend deserves recognition; that it looked so stressed in spots leaves us hoping for better next year.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P><a href=http://sun-sentinel.com/entertainment/stage/sfl-balletfestoct23.story?coll=sfla%2Dentertainment%2Dstage target=_blank>More</a>

The International Ballet Festival of Miami, directed by Miami Hispanic Ballet's Pedro Pablo Peña, has expanded its programming and opens its seventh edition Thursday and Friday at the Broward Center's Amaturo Theatre. more

When Pedro Pablo Peña launched the International Ballet Festival of Miami seven years ago, his idea was to showcase Latin dance artists and troupes and to give audiences a taste of some of the pure classical pieces seldom seen in Miami City Ballet's neoclassical, Balanchine-based repertory. more

It was love at first sight between the Miami public and the Ballet Nacional Dominicano. The United States debut of Carlos Veitía's troupe had the audience cheering at the Manuel Artime Theater Thursday night and provided the VIII International Ballet Festival of Miami a delicious start.

The VIII International Ballet Festival of Miami closed Sunday afternoon at the Jackie Gleason Theater with quite a lot to see. It was a generous sampling of the dazzling mosaic that is the world of ballet. Tuesday, September 9, 2003 (The Miami Herald)

Other participants brought fairly gung-ho performances in ho-hum choreography (Brazarte's The Heron from Ballet Nacional Dominicano) or vice-versa (Miami Hispanic Ballet's Motivations). So I May Say, a male duet from New York's Buglisi/Foreman Dance Company, had emotion and fluidity, but all that reaching-out eventually reached exhaustion.

The New Soaring Force in American Ballet: Hispanicsby ERIKA KINETZ for the New York Times

MIAMI BEACH, Sept. 19 - Hispanic dancers have long graced American stages, but their presence, which was once notable, is fast becoming the norm - a fact that was evident at the 10th annual International Ballet Festival here this weekend. It's hard not to think that today's crop of top Latin stars will eventually have an effect on American ballet. In some ways, they already have.

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